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Senior Year Resources. College disability websites. High School Resource. Scholarship Websites. CA. FL. IL. WI. College disability websites. Common App! Note taking. College courses for high school students - Google Search. Used Textbooks | Cheap Textbooks at Textbooks. College. College Reality Check. BigFuture - Get Ready for College - College Planning, Financial Aid, Educator Resources. THE ULTIMATE GUIDE FOR SURVIVING YOUR FIRST YEAR OF COLLEGE - Notesolution Blog. Nearly 20 million young people will step onto a college campus as a student for the first time this year. They’ll need more than highlighters and a class schedule to make it to another year. Here are 21 things every first-year college student needs to know. Hey, go to class. Yes, ‘Superbad’ is on again, but you’ve seen it 100 times already and you (or your parents) are paying a pretty penny for your education.

So take it seriously and show up to class. … unless you don’t need to. Pick your battles. Get to know your professors. One word: Bathroom. Find out the moment you can register for classes and don’t put it off. See that quarter on the ground? Be prepared for lack of sleep during finals week; you’ll be studying all the time that week (especially if you’re inclined to skip class). Fill your recipe book with exotic items like chicken-flavored ramen and beef-flavored ramen. If you haven’t chosen a major yet, don’t panic. Make friends with your RA the first day. Don’t be afraid of them. Senior Year Resources. High School Resource. College Personal Statement Examples That Shine! "Hello, my name is... " We've all seen those name tags that say "Hello, my name is... " Actually, that isn't a bad starting point!

Let's start by breaking down your essay into 3 main parts. So for starters, let's talk about you. Here, you should tell the college where are come from, what brothers and/or sisters you may have and what your home life and family dynamic is made up of. This should not take long! Make sure you keep it around 4-7 sentences, that's it! Too much about you, and you'll be wasting precious page space. The key here is to be brief, but still giving the college representative a good mental picture of you and the people you surround yourself with.

State Your Intentions! The middle paragraphs of your college personal statement or essay should go into a little more depth about what you plan on majoring in. Again this part should be a couple paragraphs in length. I'm writing a "personal statement" essay on my major. How's this so far. SparkNotes: Today's Most Popular Study Guides. The One Thing I Wish I’d Known Senior Year. Enduring the final year of high school feels a lot like composing the last few brush strokes on a giant mural painting, taking the last few steps of a marathon, or connecting the final Lego pieces of a Millennium Falcon scale model. Messing up your high school career right at the end would be a huge bummer — though probably not as heartbreaking as ruining your Lego model — so let me help you out before you get ahead of yourself. People have told you what it’s like, but you won’t really grasp the full concept until it’s actually over. It’s like being told you’ll be flying to another country, but the fact that it’s a whole different country doesn’t hit you until you arrive.

It’s how I imagine Neil, Buzz, and Mike felt when they actually stepped onto the Moon’s surface for the first time — that burst of awe and amazement at the sudden reality of something that they knew in their heads was real all along. Instead, accept them and work around them. Shmoop: Homework Help, Teacher Resources, Test Prep. Daily Grammar Lessons Blog. University. Browse More / English. SparkNotes: Today's Most Popular Study Guides. Hands on Banking 4.0 for Teens. Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) 20 Interview Questions & How to Answer Them. Job or internship interviews can be pretty intimidating if you’re not prepared. But if you know what to expect, you can ace that interview and land the job. To help you out, we’ve rounded up 20 real questions that college students have been asked at part-time job, internship and full-time job interviews and had experts weigh in with do’s, don’ts and helpful tips for how to handle each question.

Question: What is your dream job? --Mary Meadowcroft, UNC-Chapel Hill Answer: Instead of picking a job, focus on the qualities of the position or field that are important to you and tie them to the position you’re applying for. Question: What are your strengths? --Laura Comfort, UNC-Chapel Hill Answer: The key is to understand the job description and what the employer is looking for. Question: How would hiring you benefit our company? --Elizabeth Lamb, UNC-Chapel Hill Answer: Start by connecting your skills with the ones mentioned in the job description. Question: Who is your role model? How to Get the Best out of College? Your Questions Answered. We recently solicited your questions for Peter D. Feaver, Sue Wasiolek, and Anne Crossman, the authors of Getting the Best Out of College. Your questions ran the gamut and so do their replies.

Thanks to all for participating. And feel free to check out our podcast on the value of a college education, “Freakonomics Goes to College” (Part 1 here, Part 2 here, and together as an hour-long special). Q. A. We have found that too many students were more strategic and calculating about getting into college than they are about getting out. Many students–too many students–navigate poorly, but some do wisely. Q. A. Since professors are the heartbeat of the university, invest as much time in those relationships as possible, especially early on in the semester when there are fewer demands on a professor’s time than there are later in the semester.

Q. A. To be successful, you need to be a quick learner who can adapt to rapidly changing environments. Q. A. Q. I picked two majors. A. Q. A. Q. A. Q. Today's Most Popular Study Guides. What It’s Like To Be In College, As Told By Our Favorite Disney Characters. When you went on your first college tour, you were so pumped to be there.

Then you get to college ready to have the best grades, social life, and dating life ever. But the campus is enormous. And you think your dorm is going to be like, But really, it’s the size of a jail cell. Not to mention, sometimes you walk into your room and your roommate… isn’t alone. And you’re just like, Oh, and the dorm showers are freezing. And you get to the dining hall and the food is like, But somehow you manage to gain the Freshman 15 anyways. At the beginning of the semester, you couldn’t be more excited about your classes! But then you get one of those professors who’s like, Or one who is terrifying. So you try to take notes in class like a good student. But all of a sudden you get a bunch of papers and exams all at once.

So you prep for your exam like a boss. …Even when your friends distract you in the library. And you walk in confident that you’re going to pass. But you get your grade back and you’re like,